This stunt was an early example of a Google Bomb, an effort to control Google results to usually humorous ends. Here’s a site that tells you how to pull it off. A number of Google Bombs have been tossed since the first in 2001, attacking people such as George W. Bush (who you could search for by typing in “miserable failure”) and Nicolas Sarkozy. But none have legs like this one. I don’t think it’s going too far to say that this is one of the most effective politico-comic assasinations in decades. I talk a lot on this site about taking control of the narrative, but redefining the enemy’s name itself is taking it to a new level. Can we do some more of these? A “Rick Perry” is…

This summer, after being attacked by Santorum, Dan Savage Threatened to go a step further:

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